Tag Archives: Florida

REFILLING THE WELL

Posted on March 26, 2018 by susanvaughan

Susan Vaughan here. My husband and I recently spent ten days in sunny and blessedly warm Florida. We walked the beach and sat in beach chairs and read, among other things. As soon as we returned to Maine, we faced … Continue reading →

Posted in Susan's posts | Tagged Florida, happiness, Reading, Susan Vaughan, Vacation | 8 Comments

SWAMP & STREAM

Posted on April 7, 2016 by susanvaughan

Susan Vaughan here. I know, my title’s a bad takeoff on Field & Stream. My post today is a nature travelogue of my recent week in southwest Florida. With my husband and other family members, I visited two nature conservancy … Continue reading →

Posted in Susan's posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Florida, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, Susan Vaughan | 13 Comments

A Week in the Sunshine

Posted on February 10, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Those of you who read my last blog on this site, A Moving Experience, know that my wife Jeanne and I have just survived the rigors of moving from our house on Peaks Island to another on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged Beach Reading, crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, Florida, James Hayman, Kate Atkinson, Life After Life, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, Vacation | 3 Comments

April Showers Bring …. Mud Season

Posted on April 3, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Lea Wait here. And it really isn’t just April showers, despite that lovely little rhyme that Thomas Tusser came up with around 1557, that causes the mud. It’s all the melting snow and ice that’s still around, the finally-rising temperatures releasing dampness that hasn’t evaporated … Continue reading →

Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged April, balsam snakes, Boothbay, Carolinas, Florida, golf, Mud Boots, mud season, snow-birds, Southport, Thomas Tusser | 3 Comments

The Hard Job of Doing—and Thinking—Absolutely Nothing.

Posted on February 4, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Each year two old friends invite Jeanne and I to join them in a house they rent for the winter. It’s right on the beach on Longboat Key, a long and somewhat overbuilt sandbar outside Sarasota on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, Florida, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, James Hayman, Longboat Key, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mystery writing, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, vacations | 5 Comments

Florida, ME by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Posted on March 5, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

I’m pursuing a very traditional Maine pastime today: I’m visiting Florida. Specifically, I’m here for the annual Broward County Library Foundation Literary Feast. And while I came for work, when my plane touched down in Fort Lauderdale and the pilot … Continue reading →